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How Can You Use the Skull Simulator for Testing Bone Anchored Hearing Systems?

Ravi Sockalingam, PhD

May 18, 2015

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Is there anything clinically available to test the real-ear equivalent of bone anchored processors?

Answer

We have the ability to measure the output of a bone anchored processor in a skull simulator.  A skull simulator used to be bulky and expensive and was mostly used by researchers in large organization. 

The Interacoustics SKS skull simulator (Figure 1) works seamlessly with Interacoustics Affinity real-ear hearing aid analyzer system.  It is used for the same purpose as a 2cc coupler is used for hearing aids.  If the patient comes back with complaints, the first thing you want to do is test the device against specifications before you send it away for repairs.  In the future, I believe we will have a real-ear measurement equivalent for bone anchored processors.  This means we will be able to look at the output and also individualize each fitting to his/her unique skull and ensure gain targets are being met.

Interacoustics SKS skull simulator

Figure 1. Interacoustics SKS skull simulator.

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ravi sockalingam

Ravi Sockalingam, PhD

Director of Clinical Research and Professional Relations

Dr Ravi Sockalingam is the director of clinical research and professional relations for Oticon Medical LLC. A native of Singapore, he completed his training in speech pathology and audiology at the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia where he also received his PhD in Audiology. As a full time faculty in audiology he had taught and undertaken research in various areas of audiology in Australia, Israel, Canada, China, New Zealand. Prior to joining Oticon Medical LLC in Dec 2010, he was the senior audiologist and manager of audiology communications at Oticon’s international headquarters in Smorum, Denmark for three years.


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